Don't be a prince

"I'm talking to you, what is wrong with you? Also, you can also use Wushi's hard bow?"

After patting down with one paw, Li Shimin realized something was wrong.

When he peeked just now, he saw his son shoot arrows with this bow, and the strength was not bad.

So he grabbed the bow and tried to pull it.

What is strange is that it is obviously a hard bow of five stones, but it is light and fluffy, and it can be pulled apart with little effort.

Noticing the pulley on the bow, Li Shimin asked in amazement: "Could it be that you use this thing to reduce the strength of drawing the bow?"

Li Shimin's furious paw was merciless, and Li Chengqian replied, clutching the top of his painful head: "My son... hiss... my son can't pull a bow of more than three stones, but I want to practice arrows in advance." Skill, I can only install this thing on the bow. Although the string needs to be changed. Hiss...but the power of this bow has not dropped too much. me."

He tried to pull the bowstring again, and then looked at his screaming son, Li Shimin suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the emperor's father's bewilderment, and Li Chengqian secretly swore in his heart at this moment that he would never forget to make do with this man when he was angry.Judging from the power of this blow, the control ability of this emperor through the ages is worrying!Obviously the body is not controlled by the brain.If he hadn't shrunk his head just now, this slap would have knocked him unconscious.

While ordering people to find the imperial doctor, Li Shimin changed the subject and said: "Ouyang Shuo from the Military Weapons Supervision told me that yesterday you led someone to break into the Military Weapons Supervision, and you needed eight oxen crossbows. Brat, tell me clearly, you What do you want the eight-ox crossbow for!"

If someone else did such a thing, Li Shimin would definitely not hesitate to decide whether it was right or not after beheading the head.But this rule will definitely not apply to his son.

Pointing to the bow in his stepfather's hand, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Naturally, I want to try to see if I can also install this thing on the Ba Niu Crossbow. The bow needs to be operated by thirty or forty strong men. After the string is wound, it needs to be stopped by the machine bracket. It’s okay, but if you encounter light cavalry, wouldn’t it be close to you before you wind it up? If you can install a pulley block and change the laborious operation of three or 40 people into easy operation by a single person, the power of the eight-ox crossbow, Wouldn't it have to be doubled several times?"

"Reform the eight-ox crossbow?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened.

How can it be so easy to transform the eight-ox crossbow?The craftsmen of the Military Weapons Supervision are not just warehouse managers on weekdays, they are also responsible for the transformation and research and development of military weapons. How can they let go of such a military weapon like the eight-ox crossbow?

It is estimated that a responsible official like Ouyang Shuo sleeps in the pile of eight-ox crossbow parts at night.

But....

After pulling the bow again, Li Shimin also had doubts.

If this thing is installed on the eight-ox crossbow, it might really work.

"Let's go, follow me to the Military Weapons Supervision!"

Sitting up and walking is such a quick-tempered person. After ordering Yu Tai to go back to the study to bring the two pulley blocks, Li Chengqian trotted all the way to catch up.

The military inspector had just submitted the complaint document yesterday, and today the emperor personally came to the military inspector, which surprised Ouyang Shuo.If your knees are sore, you have to apologize to the prince, lest you lose your head.

"Open the warehouse, I want an eight-ox crossbow, and call all the craftsmen from the Military Weapons Supervision."

Ignoring Ouyang Shuo's expression, Li Shimin gave the order directly.

Zhang Yun is a hard-working eunuch, this guy got a chair somewhere, and he just turned a blind eye to the prince standing next to him.

Looking at the impatient emperor sitting on the chair, Li Chengqian couldn't help but said: "Father, yesterday was the court meeting, have you finished dealing with today's government affairs?"

Looking back, Li Shimin said irritably: "For the time being, you can ignore the government affairs and so on. They are all statistics of disaster years. You have to pay attention to this eight-year-old crossbow. If this eight-year-old crossbow can really be reformed, I will not hesitate to ask the inner government to give it to you." Sponsored by your academy!"

Hearing this news, Li Chengqian immediately smiled.

I heard from Fang Sheng that the warehouses in the inner palace are full of good things.Over the years, the emperor's father fought in the north and south, and he did not know how much gold, silver and jewels he had accumulated.These are also the basis for him to fight against the prince and bribe officials.After becoming the emperor, the inventory of Qin Wangfu went into the inner palace as a matter of course.

Don't look at the emperor who ate chaff and swallowed vegetables during the calamity year, in fact, he is still the richest one in the world.However, whether it is the pockets of the inner palace or the aristocratic family, they are all covered like thieves, so they will not flow out easily.

It doesn't need to be much, as long as you draw a sum on the account book of the inner government, you don't have to worry about money for the early construction of the college.

Although the cement workshop is being established, the recruitment of manpower and the selection of the location cannot be resolved within a month.

Li Chengqian, who heard that there was a reward, couldn't help but look at the pulley box held by the guards, showing a smirk.

The speed at which the order is completed depends on who is going to issue the order.Now it is the emperor who ordered the summoning of the military supervisory craftsmen, and many craftsmen rushed over without getting dressed.

The door of the warehouse was opened, and the warehouse of the Military Weapons Supervisor was full of siege equipment such as crossbows and ladders.For these things, even if a private person owns a part, it is a crime of beheading.

Despising those broken stretchable ladders, Li Chengqian walked directly to the vicinity of a eight-ox crossbow.

One arrow shoots three shots, the iron wood is the arrow shaft, and the iron piece is the feather.

Such a eight-ox crossbow had the same status as the nuclear bombs of later generations in the Tang Dynasty, an era dominated by cold weapons.It's no wonder that the guys from the Armament Supervisor would rather be cut in half than let him into the warehouse.

Ouyang Shuo, who delivered the order, was covered with sweat on his forehead and back. Seeing the crown prince tsk-tsk around the eight-ox crossbow, he couldn't help introducing: "Your Highness, this is the eight-ox crossbow, also called the three-bow bed crossbow. The power of the crossbow..."

"Okay, no need to say more, Gu knows it all. Ba Niu Gu has no research, Gu just asks you, can these two boxes fit into Ba Niu Gu?"

Ouyang Shuo brought two craftsmen to the box carried by the guards.After seeking the prince's consent, the iron box was opened.

Inside the iron box, there are all iron pulleys, and a rope is intertwined in such a complicated way that it dazzles people for a while.

With just one glance, Li Chengqian asked the guards to close the box.

In fact, only half of the pulleys in the box are useful, and the rest are decorations to confuse the public.Although the pulley is of great help to people's livelihood, when it is combined with the Ba Niu Crossbow, Li Chengqian doesn't want to be learned by others casually.

"Your Highness, I don't know why you want to put these two boxes on the eight-ox crossbow? What's the use?"

Ouyang Shuo, who couldn't see the effect, could only bite the bullet and ask questions.

"Did you see the ropes at both ends of the box? Put the strings of the eight-ox crossbow into it. If the estimate is good, the eight-ox crossbow requires three or forty people to operate. One person can operate it, and two people can even increase the speed to The speed is the same as that of an ordinary crossbow. Of course, this is under the premise that the body and bowstring of the eight-ox crossbow can bear it."

"It has such an effect?"

The two old guys with gray beards were taken aback, they didn't care that they were in front of their Majesty, they jumped to look for tools, wishing they could dismantle the crossbow into pieces immediately.

The production of the eight-ox crossbow is difficult, and disassembly is not so complicated. The crossbow strings are removed after only one stick of incense, and the craftsmen wait with their backs for the prince to assemble the crossbow strings into the iron box.

Everyone is avoiding, but of course Li Shimin is not included.

Watching his son disassemble the pulleys and wind the crossbow strings with great interest, he couldn't help but ask, "This is what you've spent the past month huddling in the tent and fiddling with wooden wheels? How did you come up with it?"

What Li Chengqian didn't turn his head back was a lie: "Do you still remember the time when Qing Que almost fell into the pond when he was in the palace? The pull-down force becomes an upward lift. On the construction site a month ago, Erchen felt something, so he got angry with it and decided to figure it out. The result is this."

After carefully installing the mechanism wheel, and then carefully closing the iron box, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief.

Naturally, it will not take a month to recall the knowledge of pulleys. In fact, the most time-consuming thing is to design a safety device by yourself.With this device, as long as others open the iron box and work on the pulley block, these pulleys will disintegrate into a pile of parts.Without the knowledge of pulleys, no matter how smart a person is, it is almost impossible to study what this thing looks like.

The two pulley blocks are installed on the eight-ox crossbow.

After ordering the craftsmen to fix the iron box firmly on the ballista, Li Shimin pushed away Yu Tai, who was about to try, and stretched out his hand to pull it to the crossbow string, even ignoring the winches on both sides.

Taking a deep breath, the muscles on Li Shimin's exposed arm tensed instantly, and the bulging scars became hideous.

He is really an emperor who has experienced hundreds of battles, and the scars on his body are the best evidence.

Under the nervous gaze of all the craftsmen, the eight-ox crossbow was actually pulled by the emperor with one arm!

Although the range is not so prominent, but its mother really moved!

With both arms stretched out, and with an angry shout, Ba Niu Nu was pulled by half by Li Shimin alone.

If you pull again, you will be exhausted.

Yu Tai, who was afraid of the emperor's injury, took the initiative to step forward to help, and the two shouted angrily in unison, then pulled the crossbow string to its position and stopped it with a machine bracket.

Wiping the sweat off his head, Li Shimin nodded to Li Chengqian in satisfaction: "Although one person can't operate, but being able to reduce from three to forty people to two is the greatest success. Tomorrow, I will send you, the director of the East Palace, to the Inner Palace." , before the academy is completed, the money of the inner government is up to you to use!"

Responding with a smile, seeing that the crossbow string had been activated, Li Chengqian walked to the pulley block and reached out to touch it.

Ouyang Shuo, who witnessed such a miraculous event with his own eyes, and was immersed in the dream of being rewarded, saw the prince touching the iron box, and couldn't help persuading him: "Your Highness, why should you be sad, you can turn the eight-ox crossbow into a two-man operation , is already a miracle blessed by God!"

Because what Li Chengqian left him was his back, so the bastard thought the prince was feeling sad.

Without looking back, Li Chengqian directly ordered: "Come here and take this thing off again, just to adjust it. After adjustment, it should be able to become a one-person operation."

No one answered.

Surprised, Li Chengqian turned around, only to find that everyone, including the emperor's father, was staring at him dumbfounded.

In the end it was the emperor, Li Shimin was only surprised for a moment before regaining his composure.

Pointing to the Ba Niu Crossbow, he said in a trembling voice: "Unload! I must personally shoot the Ba Niu Crossbow's arrows today!"

With an order, the craftsmen could only rush forward and dismantle it.

It's hard to imagine what it would be like to operate the eight-ox crossbow by one person. If it is really feasible, then the top-level ordnance of the eight-ox crossbow will probably rise to the category of "magic weapon"!

With such a weapon, even if it is left in the warehouse of the Military Weapons Supervision Department, it will be a deterrent to neighboring countries.

Chapter 172

The pulley block will not disappoint. When Li Chengqian completed the final adjustment, Li Shimin really pulled the new eight-ox crossbow by himself.

Although it is a bit slow to pull the eight-ox crossbow while firing the arrow, but compared with the clumsiness that only three or forty people can start before, the result is maddening enough.

"Push it out, I want to test the power!"

The reduction in strength is a reduction, but how much the power of the eight-ox crossbow has been reduced is still an important question.

The craftsmen of the Armory Supervision immediately went out to prepare the site, and moved out a log target.

In the courtyard of the Military Weapons Supervision, the eight-ox crossbow loaded with crossbow arrows shot a thick arrow.

Boom!

Under the emperor's control, the arrow hit the log target with perfect precision, and it sank halfway.

Seeing this scene, Li Chengqian couldn't help being speechless. This power has already caught up with small firearms.If you use it against people, you will probably be torn to pieces by this terrifying crossbow.

Ouyang Shuo is an expert in the eight-ox crossbow. He personally checked the depth of the crossbow arrow hitting the log before returning to report: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the power of the eight-ox crossbow has decreased by about [-]%. If it is firmly nailed to the city wall, it can only be described as stable now."

The craftsmen made regretful voices. Although the difficulty of operation has been reduced, the power has also been reduced.

Li Chengqian naturally understood what was going on. Originally, the eight-ox crossbow was powered by both the arm and the string. After adding the pulley block, the kinetic energy provided by the string would naturally decrease.This problem cannot be solved by changing the crossbow string.

"There is no perfect thing in the world. The Dao is 49, and the sky is only [-]. The difficulty of operation has been reduced by [-] to [-] times, but the price required is only a [-]% reduction in power. In my opinion, this is a good deal. !"

Li Shimin, who was once an invincible commander, couldn't see how Ba Niu Nu can be said to be reborn today.Although it originally had a bad reputation, due to the difficulty of operation, it can only be classified as a siege equipment.Now that such a huge improvement has been made, if it can be applied to the battle, the Datang army will be even more powerful!

Looking at the prince with scorching eyes, Li Shimin said: "Chengqian, I didn't expect that what you tinkered with in a month would have such a huge effect. However, you still have to teach others how to make this thing. How about, How about you stay in the military prison for a while and teach this knowledge to Ouyang Qing's family?"

As an emperor, how could Li Shimin not know the value of this pulley block.People in the grasslands are good at riding and shooting, and people in the Central Plains are good at fighting on foot.But if all the bows are equipped with this thing, even a sergeant with insufficient arms can still shoot arrows.What's more, because of it, the Ba Niu Crossbow was able to be reborn. If it spreads out, it will definitely be the source of disaster.

Seeing that his father really thought of this, Li Chengqian patted the box of the pulley block and said: "Father, my son naturally knows this, so I designed a mechanism in the box, and opening it rashly will only make the inside a mess. As for the pulley block Knowledge, Erchen plans to set up classes in the college and pass it on to the Ministry of Industry and the Military Supervision at the same time, what do you think?"

"What do you teach to the Ministry of Industry?"

"Father doesn't know, as long as this pulley block is enlarged and adjusted, it can easily lift heavy objects for ordinary civilians. If so, the Ministry of Industry can naturally use it."

Glancing at the pulley block, Li Shimin nodded.I don't know that, since this thing can amplify people's strength, it can be used no matter where it is.

"Since you know the pros and cons of this thing, I don't care how you teach it. However, since you want to teach this knowledge in the academy, I will send people from the Baiqi Division to supervise the academy."

Li Chengqian nodded. For such an important thing, it is normal for the emperor to send a few spies to supervise it.

After waving his hands to let the craftsmen push the eight-ox crossbow back to the warehouse, the satisfied Li Shimin walked towards the harem with his hands behind his back.

Thinking about his own thoughts, Li Chengqian could only follow behind, preparing to find a quiet place, and then try to speak out.He also has Li Gang's worries.After all, giving voice to craftsmen is a challenge to the foundation of the feudal system.There is almost a 100% probability of standing under the dangerous building and tearing down the cornerstone and killing him.

Knowing that Li Chengqian had something to say, Li Shimin did not return to the harem, but turned right and entered the East Palace through Guangyuan Gate.Mobile terminal../

Li Shimin stopped walking all the way to the martial arts arena, turned his head and said to Li Chengqian: "Since I am going to be lazy today, I will be lazy to the end and teach you archery. If you have something to tell me, hurry up. At most, I can spare one morning, and I will go back to deal with government affairs in the afternoon. Although the records of the calamity year are the same, as the emperor, I can't really ignore them."

Li Chengqian didn't feel embarrassed when he was pointed out. Instead, he took off the bow hanging from the weapon rack, and went down the donkey to practice archery.

"You need to be steady with your left hand. Although I told you that you can do whatever you want in archery, that's after you get used to it. You've just practiced now, so you can't be random about these small details."

"Feel the direction of the wind and move in the direction against the wind. As for how much you move, you have to slowly accumulate experience yourself."

"Raise it higher, a little higher, okay, let go."

Under the command of the emperor's father, Li Chengqian finally shot the arrow to the target this time.Although he is only 20 steps away from the target at this time, who the hell can hit a hundred shots as soon as he gets started?

With the second arrow, Li Chengqian was no longer silent, but asked his first question first: "Father, many people say that the eight-ox crossbow is used to directly deal with the enemy and make the battlefield bloody. It's inhumane. What do you think of that?"

Stretching out his hand to touch Li Chengqian's slightly tilted upper body, Li Shimin replied: "If you want to say this, I don't think so. The horizontal knife, horse lance, and bow and arrow have been used to kill people since they were created. Do you think that horizontal knife combat When the time comes, the battlefield will look good? You know, the leather armor of the Turkic people can't stop the sharpness of the horizontal knife.

Broken arms and legs are common, so why can't the eight-ox crossbow be used against the enemy?In the past, because the operation was complicated and slow, it could only be operated slowly when the army was besieging the city.Now you've made it so easy.I plan to send one to Chai Shao in two days.Take people from Liang Shidu to try. "

If Wei Zheng were here, he would definitely complain, but he wouldn't take it seriously.If Kong Yingda were here, he would definitely throw himself to the ground and beg the emperor not to send out such a murderous weapon.

However, even if someone blocked him, Li Shimin would probably be stubborn.

The emperor who grew up reading sage books and the emperor who emerged from the bloody battlefield have different ways of thinking about things.

The words of the sage occupy the mind, as long as they smell the blood in the words, they will subconsciously feel disgusted.

But for Li Shimin, as long as the smell of blood belongs to the enemy, he will definitely enjoy it very much.

After seeing him licking his lips, Li Chengqian was even more convinced of this.

Li Shimin, who is used to seeing life and death on the battlefield, is the real Emperor Wu. He doesn't care whether the method of killing the enemy is cruel or not.Black cat and white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it must be a good cat.